Karzai gets it. Why don't Democrats?
As we sit here and listen to all the posturing on the NIE about what it says and doesn't say, I wanted to remind everyone of an important message that got lost in the fold. President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, while speaking with President Bush yesterday at the White House, defended allied actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.Naturally something like this got lost in the hype of bashing Bush and his policy, but it shouldn't go unnoticed. Karzai, when asked of the report suggesting Iraq was a 'Cause Celebre' to Jihadists, reminded a young female reporter of the carnage terror has brought on the world long before Iraq. It was one of those moments of rare leadership you wished some from the left would understand.
| PRESIDENT KARZAI: "Ma'am, before I go to remarks by my brother, President Musharraf, terrorism was hurting us way before Iraq or September 11th. The President mentioned some examples of it. These extremist forces were killing people in Afghanistan and around for years, closing schools, burning mosques, killing children, uprooting vineyards, with vine trees, grapes hanging on them, forcing populations to poverty and misery. They came to America on September 11th, but they were attacking you before September 11th in other parts of the world. We are a witness in Afghanistan to what they are and how they can hurt. You are a witness in New York. Do you forget people jumping off the 80th floor or 70th floor when the planes hit them? Can you imagine what it will be for a man or a woman to jump off that high? Who did that? And where are they now? And how do we fight them, how do we get rid of them, other than going after them? Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? That's why we need more action around the world, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, to get them defeated -- extremism, their allies, terrorists and the like." |
I'm also including a transcript from the press conference and video.
As Red State says... "I will let his remarks stand for themselves. Perhaps the Democrats can learn something." Doubtful!